Wire mattress fabric



0- I. GASAU. WIRE MATTRESS FABRIC. APPLICATION HLEDJULY 2a. 1920.

Patented Mar. 29-, 1921.

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cnrreo: STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO J". GASAU, OF BROKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GASAU-THOMPSONCOMPANY, INC., OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

WIRE MATTRESS FABRIC.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 29, 1921.

Application filed July 23, 1920. Serial No. 398,334.

. To all whom it may concern;

7 nection with wire spring mattresses, and it consists in the novelstructure and features hereinafter described, pointed out, in theclaims.

The fabric of my invention will be con-.

.nected to the customary frames employed in the manufacture of what aretermed three and five-piece bedsteads, and these frames being of veryusual construction need not be specifically shown and described inthisapplication.

The fabric of my invention comprises a series of narrow links of doubleloop formation extending 'end to end and interlocked with one anotherlengthwise of the fabric, and short transverse single links connectingthe longitudinal double links so as to produce a fabric composed of theas sembled links. Each of the longitudinal links is of double formationand formed from a single piece of wire, one end .of the link being bentinto return double hook shape and the other end of the link being formedby twisting the ends of the wire,

from which the link is formed, together and bendingthe' same inwardly ortoward the hook at the other end of the link, thetwisted ends of thewire forming. a longitudinal member and creating recesses at oppositesides thereof to receive the hooked side members of the next adjacentlink, whereby the several links become very securely interengaged.

The object of my invention is to provide a fabric composed of easilyproduced units capable of being readily assembled, and which fabricshall be capable of properly supporting the mattress of hair or the likeand resisting sagging action to a requisite degree.

The invention will be fully understood and particularly from thedetailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 1s a top View, partly broken away, of a wire mattress embodyingthe features of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of two of the longitudmal links detached fromthe fab? ric and Fig. 3 is a transverse section, partly broken awaythrough a portion of the, fabr10, taken on the dotted line 3-3 of Fig.1.

The wire fabric is connected at its ends by helicals 10 to end rails 11and at its sidesby links 12 with side members of suitabletype 13 whoseends are connected by helicals 14 with the aforesaid end rails 11.

My lnventlon pertains more particularly to the wire fabric, and thisfabric will be connected with the usual types of frames employed bymanufacturers of wire mattresses and intended for application to orconnection with the usual framing of bedsteads, such as the side bars orhead and foot frames thereof.

The wire mattress ofmy invention comprises a fabric consisting of aseries of end to end longitudinal links 15 and short trans verseconnecting links 16, the links 15 all being hooked together inlongitudinal series and the links 16 being connected with and connectingthe rows of links 15.

The links 15 are all alike, and each is formed from one continuous rodof. wire folded to form substantially parallel sides 17, 17constitutingan elongated longitudinal double-strand link, and said rodof wire at the closed end of the link or where the wire is doubled over,is bent inwardly to form a substantial hook 18, while at the other endof the link the free ends of the rod of wire are brought together oncurved lines and twisted upon each other to form a twisted end or arm 19which extends centrally and longitudinally of the links and 20 locatedbetween the sides of said arms and the adjacent sides of the link. Thepockets or recesses 20 at the opposite sides of the arms 19 are adaptedto receive the hooks 18 of the adjacent links in longitudinal series,each arm 19 then extending through the outer end of the adjacent link inseries, and the hook 18 of said adjacent link passing over said arm 19and at its sides being seated in the recesses or pockets 20 formed atthe sides of the arm 19. The

side members 17 of each link 15, while sub,

pass over the arm 19 and become seated with- The outer row of i in saidrecesses or pockets. links 15 are, by means of the hooks 18, engagedwith the helicals 10, and the side links 15 at their inner ends areconnected by the links 12 with the edge members 13, the links 12 beingshort rods of wire hooked over at their ends to engage the links andsaid edge I members. The links 15 are hooked together along longitudinalrows or series which are parallel with one another, as shown in Fig. 1,and said rows of links are connected together by transverse links 16,each of which is formed from a short rod of wire hooked over at its endsand at one end engaging an outer link 15 of one row and at itsinner endthe next inner link of an adjacent row, said links 16 thus serving tomore effectually connect the rows of links and in maintaining theirpredetermined positions.

The manner of constructing the links 15 and 16 and of the assembly ofthese links is apparent from an inspection of the drawings. The links 15are elongated and their sides are closely related, and said links, byreason of their hook-ends, may be readily assembled and, when assembled,are capable of resisting severe strains without undue sagging. The links15 may be readily constructed, each being formed from a single rod ofwire doubled upon itself and having its ends twisted together. Thefabric as a whole is of desirable character for use in supporting themattress of the bed and is both durable and comparatively inexpensive ofproduction.

What I claim as my invention and desire links 'to form a completefabric, said longitudinal links each being formed from a single rod ofwire folded at about its middle portion to form a closed end andseparated side members for the link and at its free ends being broughttogether to form a centralarm which is bent inwardly to form a theadjacent s des of the link, and the said closed end of the link beingnarrower than the other end thereof and bent over to form ahook, saidelongated links being connected together inlongitudinal series by thenarrower hook-ends of one transverse row thereof being hooked over thesaid arms and engaged with said pockets of the links of'the nextadjacent row. i 7

.2. A wire matress fabric comprising a se ries of transverse rows ofspaced-apart Ion-v gitudinally elongated links of double-loop formationconnected together in end-to-end longitudinal series and shorttransverse links connecting the adjacent longitudinal links to formacomplete fabric, said longi-' tudinal links each being formed from asingle rod of wire folded at about its middle portion to form a closedend and separated nal series by the narrower hook-ends of one"transverse row thereof being hooked over the said arms and engaged withsaid pockets of the links of the next adjacent row,

Signed at Brooklyn, in the county of. Kirags and State of New York, this8th day of uly, A." D. 1920.

V OTTO J. GASAU.

' hook, leaving'pook'ets between its sides and side members for the linkand at its free

